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Accounts and users

The user management module is the place where you can edit your own
information, such as company name or credentials, and also create new logins for colleagues.
This is also where access rights to accounts can be managed. We distinguish
between 'users', 'accounts' and 'companies'. This may seem complicated, but
each has a purpose. We will explain them more in-depth now.

Accounts and companies

Most of the time an SMTPeter account is used by one company. In this case
your 'company' is equal to your company name. However, the SMTPeter company
with the license might send email for multiple companies. In this case it
is useful to create an account for each company the licensed company sends
email for. To each account you can add users that are allowed to access
it. There are different permissions. If you send email for different companies
you can add users with viewing permission, such that the companies can monitor
the email you sent for them.

It's also possible for companies that send their own email to add a user,
for example to give an external specialist access to the software and data.
The triangle below illustrates the relation between 'company', 'account'
and 'user'.

The triangular relationship as pictured above makes it possible to grant
different sorts of access to accounts. In the user dashboard you can
create these types of relations to your liking, depending on your
access rights.

How does this work in practice?

The SMTPeter application has an account management section where you can
manage users, accounts and company information. If you're a regular user,
i.e. a single account with a few colleagues, this may look a little superfluous:
you have a list of colleagues and a list of people with access to the account,
while these are often the same list.

As described, this is because of the triangular structure, which you can
use in the case of multiple accounts, or if you want to grant access to a non-colleague.